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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Andrew Daly

“People hated us, bullied us, threw stuff at us and even threatened to beat us up. But they didn’t leave”: The strange guitar journey of Devo’s Bob Mothersbaugh

Bob Mothersbaugh of Devo plays a Les Paul onstage.

When Devo arrived out of Akron, Ohio, the world didn’t know what to do with them. After all, Ohio was part of the so-called American ‘Rust Belt’, an area known for adoring acts such as KISS, Ted Nugent and Grand Funk Railroad.

But Devo, with their weird guitars and even weirder music and looks, weren’t like those artists. In fact, they were deliberately something else entirely.

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